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"What do you mean?! That Yue Qiluo—the Yue Qiluo?"

Gu Xuanwu was not stupid either and nearly jumped up. "So Old Zhang and Xiao Chunzi are in danger? Hurry, let’s go!"

He grabbed Wu Xin by the arm and tried to chase after them, but Wu Xin flung his arm away and rubbed his own arm irritably. "Didn’t you hear what Bai Liuli said?

"Zhang Xianzong must have discovered something was wrong with Yue Qiluo, but he didn’t say anything. I think he may have his own plans."

"What?!"

Gu Xuanwu refused to believe it. "Stop listening to Bai Liuli’s nonsense. Yue Qiluo must have taken control of Old Zhang. Otherwise, why wouldn’t he say anything? If he knew Yue Qiluo was an evil creature, how could he possibly take her as his eighth concubine? There’s definitely something wrong here."

Bai Liuli retorted, "How do you know he wouldn’t?"

Gu Xuanwu shot back, "Do you think everyone’s like you? You’re a chicken. Marrying an evil creature is a perfect match for you, especially one as beautiful as her. Of course you don’t care. But Old Zhang is a human being. How could he do that?"

"Enough~"

Wu Xin spoke up. "Let’s leave this matter for now. None of us knows for certain whether Zhang Xianzong is aware of Yue Qiluo’s identity. Going there rashly to interfere will only make him resent us. If Yue Qiluo stirs things up between us, it’ll become even more troublesome.

"It would be better to pretend nothing happened and observe the situation. Once Yue Qiluo reveals her true colors, we can think of a way to drive her away."

"Drive her away? She’s a scourge."

Gu Xuanwu was unwilling to accept that. "What if she comes back? And Wu Xin, can you do anything properly? Since you’ve started, why not finish the job? Wouldn’t it be better to destroy her outright and be done with it?"

"It’s not as easy as you make it sound."

Bai Liuli was the one who answered. "That Yue Qiluo’s cultivation isn’t weak. Wu Xin can only bleed me dry; he has no way to deal with anything else. After this, she’ll be on guard too. She won’t be easy to handle."

Wu Xin continued, "All right, all right. Bai Liuli and I will keep an eye on this matter, so don’t worry, Lord Gu!"

"All right~ I trust you. Make sure you protect them properly."

Seeing this, Gu Xuanwu had no better solution.

Inside Zhang Residence’s study, Gu Sheng helped Yue Qiluo sit down in a chair, then took some ointment from the medicine box and walked over.

"From now on, stay at home as much as possible. Don’t let Wu Xin run into you!"

Gu Sheng crouched down, applied ointment to Yue Qiluo’s injuries, and carefully bandaged them. He also reminded her to pay attention to a few things. From beginning to end, he never asked why she had been injured.

"Since you’re hurt, get some proper rest. I’ll stay home and keep you company for the next couple of days."

Gu Sheng smiled at Yue Qiluo. When he noticed Liu Daimei looking a little jealous beside them, he quickly added the word "you" to the end.

"Hmph~"

Liu Daimei rolled her eyes at him, as if to say that he had finally shown some sense.

"They’re hiding something from you."

Yue Qiluo suddenly spoke. "That man called Gu Xuanwu lied. The Big White Chicken accompanying Wu Xin isn’t simple."

"I know. Get some rest. I still have a few things to take care of."

Gu Sheng smiled at Yue Qiluo, then pulled Liu Daimei out of the study.

"You~"

Liu Daimei circled Gu Sheng several times, her eyes full of scrutiny. In a probing tone, she asked, "You know where that chicken came from, don’t you?"

"I know!"

Gu Sheng answered very directly. "The great Sorcerer Bai Liuli was tricked by that bastard Wu Xin and reduced to a miserable state. After losing his entire fortune and dying, he possessed a Big White Chicken and has been entangled with Wu Xin ever since."

"The great Sorcerer Bai Liuli!"

Liu Daimei’s beautiful eyes shifted, and she lowered her voice. "The original owner of that Bronze Mirror? Didn’t you say he was a great Sorcerer from the Tang dynasty? That makes him more than a thousand years old by now, right?"

"That’s right!"

Gu Sheng nodded and put an arm around Liu Daimei’s slender shoulder. "This is a world where demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits exist. Thousand-year-old great demons aren’t unheard of, so there’s no need to be so surprised."

"How are you planning to deal with Yue Qiluo? She should already know that you’re aware of her identity. Do you think she’ll continue behaving herself?"

Whenever Liu Daimei mentioned Yue Qiluo, her expression became strange. She had found it extremely awkward spending these days with Yue Qiluo. Now that she knew the other woman’s identity, Yue Qiluo’s feigned innocence and cuteness looked so different in her eyes~

She had barely been able to eat or sleep these past two days. If Gu Sheng had not continued sleeping in her room at night, she felt she would have turned into a resentful wife shut away in her boudoir.

Even so, she still occasionally acted spoiled and threw little tantrums at Gu Sheng, making sure the man understood that balancing two boats was not so easy.

"Deal with her? Her time is nearly up anyway."

The corner of Gu Sheng’s mouth lifted. He hooked an arm around Liu Daimei’s neck and whispered softly into her ear.

Late at night, inside Yue Qiluo’s room at Zhang Residence, Gu Sheng crouched down to wash Yue Qiluo’s feet, since her injured hands made it inconvenient for her to do so herself. Her fair little feet were soft and boneless, with an indescribably pleasant feel beneath his hands.

"All right. It’s late. You should get some rest."

After washing and drying Yue Qiluo’s feet, Gu Sheng picked up the basin and prepared to leave. This was how the two of them had spent their days recently. They went out together during the day, while at night, Gu Sheng continued sleeping in Liu Daimei’s room as usual.

"Zhang Xianzong!"

Yue Qiluo suddenly called out to stop Gu Sheng. "You know, I~"

She suddenly felt an urge to reveal everything to Gu Sheng. She was a highly emotional woman, and she remembered whenever others treated her well.

In the original timeline, she had initially toyed with Zhang Xianzong, believing that she loved Wu Xin. In response to all his kindness, she had merely said that she would repay him. Later, when Zhang Xianzong became a living corpse, she had said that she would seize Wu Xin’s body and give it to him, allowing him to stay with her forever.

Although she had never once said, "I like you, Zhang Xianzong," those words—"Zhang Xianzong, my tooth hurts"—were already enough to prove her feelings. In the end, she had fallen in love with the man who had always devoted himself to her. Unfortunately, he was already gone.

"What is it?"

Gu Sheng stood up, washed his hands, and dried them with a cloth. He smiled at her hesitation and rubbed her smooth black hair. "Don’t think about it so much. You still have me! If you think too much and stay up too late, you’ll develop wrinkles. If you stop being beautiful, I won’t marry you. Go to sleep."

As he spoke, Gu Sheng carried out the basin and closed the door behind him.

"Zhang Xianzong, why are you so good to me? I… I don’t think I love you."

Yue Qiluo let out a sigh. She did not know what she should say. In her understanding, love meant that both people were in love with each other. As for Zhang Xianzong, who had always treated her so well, she merely did not dislike him. The one who truly interested her was that mysterious man who had forced her to sign an agreement, as well as Wu Xin, who had injured her.

"Mm~"

Yue Qiluo suddenly let out a muffled groan. Her head spun, and a wave of fatigue mixed with hunger swept over her.